$1,650Sale Price|26% Off
H 16 in W 50.25 in D 27.5 in
Massimo Vignelli Inspired Bent Glass Coffee Table with Black Marble Support
By Massimo Vignelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of sharp, sophisticated modern design to any space. The table features a substantial bent glass
Marble
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 54.5 in D 31 in
Carved Marble Figure of a Nude Woman Coffee Table Glass Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This carved marble figure of a nude woman coffee table with a glass top is a striking example of
Marble
$23,686 / item
H 13.39 in W 59.85 in D 44.1 in
Vertigo Coffee Table in Marble & Extra-Clear Glass by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Vertigo Coffee Table in Marble & Extra-Clear Glass by Barberini & Gunnell Limited Edition of 15 + 2
Marble
Blocks Coffee Table
By Chuch Estudio
Located in Mérida, MX
The Blocks coffee table was inspired by the construction context in Mexico, a reinterpretation of
Stone
$4,737 / item
H 15.75 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
Coffee Table for a Botanist in Steel and Glass by Frederic Gaillard
Located in Geneve, CH
Coffee Table for a Botanist in Steel and Glass by Frederic Gaillard. Limited Edition of 8 pieces
Steel
$32,718 / item
H 11.82 in Dm 47.25 in
Oracle Coffee Table in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel & Glass by Julien Vidame
Located in Geneve, CH
Oracle Coffee Table in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel & Glass by Julien Vidame. Limited
Stainless Steel
$2,979
H 16.75 in W 42 in D 42 in
Postmodern Glass Coffee Table, Travertine Base, Square, Artedi, Italian c. 1970s
By Artedi
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A distinctive vintage coffee table, crafted from a square glass top and a travertine pedestal base
Travertine, Metal
$900 / set
H 15 in W 36 in D 36 in
J Wade Beam for Brueton Cantilevered Glass and Steel Postmodern Coffee Table
By Brueton
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
, perfect for a home with a contemporary modern style. This coffee table is in good condition overall, with
Steel
$3,500
H 16 in W 50 in D 40 in
Vintage Maitland Smith Architectural Tessellated Stone & Glass Coffee Table
By Maitland Smith, Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Coffee Table. A strong form in the Manner of Karl Springer
Stone
$5,210
H 17.25 in W 47.5 in D 47.5 in
Vintage Edward Nieto "The SoBe" Collection Coffee Table, Glass & Blonde Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare and striking vintage coffee table designed by Edward Nieto for Edward Nieto Design Group, Inc
Glass, Wood
from above Coffee Table Smoke Grey Glass Ocean Blue by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
From Above Coffee Table Smoke Grey Glass Ocean Blue by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D72 x H37 cm
Steel
$900
H 15 in W 36 in D 36 in
J Wade Beam for Brueton Cantilevered Glass and Steel Postmodern Coffee Table
By Brueton
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
, perfect for a home with a contemporary modern style. This coffee table is in good condition overall, with
Steel
$3,490Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.15 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
1070s Coffee Table Marble Brass Birds Glass Vintage Gold Hollywood Regency
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous coffee table consists of two solid black marble spheres, atop which sits an elegant
Marble, Brass
$7,895 / item
H 16.93 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Cylindrical Honey Onyx Coffee Table with Round Clear Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
is a minimalist coffee table. The glass is surrounded by echoed rectangular volumes that rise out of
Onyx
$7,369 / item
H 17.72 in W 39.38 in D 23.63 in
Block Form Silver Travertine Coffee Table with Clear Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
coffee table. The glass is surrounded by echoed rectangular volumes that rise out of four different
Travertine
$9,500
H 15.75 in W 42 in D 42 in
Vladimir Kagan Infinity Steel Glass Personal Family Coffee Table, Circa 1970
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. A true post modern piece constructed of polished stainless steel with a tempered glass top. Designed
Stainless Steel
$3,947 / item
H 14.97 in W 47.25 in D 47.25 in
X Shape Light Travertine Coffee Table with Round Clear Glass by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Ourea Light Travertine Coffee Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: D 120 x 120 x H 38 cm. Materials
Travertine
Round Glass Coffee Table by Lothar Klute, Germany 1980s
By Lothar Klute
Located in Utrecht, NL
complement a modern space. The coffee table's round glass top showcases an appealing textural look. As a
Bronze
$11,966Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.15 in W 65.36 in D 59.85 in
Laurel Fyfe Sculptural Coffee Table Black Glass Handkerchief Art Postmodern 1990
By Laurel Fyfe
Located in London, GB
A monumental and rare black glass coffee table, with handkerchief-shaped base and irregular organic
Glass
$12,477 / item
H 13.98 in W 48.04 in D 48.04 in
AT17 Square Coffee Table with Glass Top and Brass Base by Atlas Industries
Located in Geneve, CH
AT17 Square Coffee Table with Glass Top and Brass Base by Atlas Industries. Dimensions: W 122 x D
Brass
French Bamboo and Glass Coffee Table, Circa 1970, France
Located in Girona, Spain
DESCRIPTION: French Bamboo and Glass Coffee Table, Circa 1970, France. Nicely executed and well
Bamboo, Glass
$3,800
H 13.75 in W 51 in D 26.88 in
Vintage Postmodern Geometric Glass Coffee Table, Ettore Sottsass Style, 1980s
By Ettore Sottsass, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Lella & Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This unique coffee table features a geometric design, with a new glass top. Inspired by Ettore
Wood
$22,500
H 18 in W 59.24 in D 38.5 in
Custom Coffee Table by Krueck & Sexton, Chicago, 1986, Glass, Steel, & Chrome
By Krueck & Sexton
Located in Kansas City, MO
Outstanding one of a kind multi level coffee table designed by Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton for the
Steel, Chrome
$4,200
H 17 in W 79 in D 27 in
Large Travertine Mid Century Italian Modern Trapezoidal Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extra long coffee table from Italy circa 1970's. It features 2 triangular travertine pedestals
Travertine
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by Dirk Van Sliedregt, 1950
By Dirk Van Sliedregt
Located in Dronten, NL
An elegant and understated coffee table designed by Dirk van Sliedregt and produced by Rohé in the
Steel
$4,800
H 10.24 in W 47.25 in D 47.25 in
Marble and Glass Coffee Table in the Style of Massimo Vignelli, 1970's
By Massimo Vignelli
Located in Antwerp, BE
Massimo Vignelli; Post-modern; Italy; Coffee table; Marble; Glass; Italian design; Postmodern
Marble
$1,869 / item
H 12.8 in Dm 39.38 in
1970s Steel Coffee Table Knut Hesterberg for Ronald Schmitt Round Smoked Glass
By Knut Hesterberg, Ronald Schmitt
Located in London, GB
An intricate coffee table by Knut Hesterberg for Ronald Schmitt made in the 1970s. The frame is
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
$2,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 54 in D 32 in
Mid-Century Chrome and Glass Coffee Table, after Pace
By Pace Collection
Located in Wichita, KS
Coffee table in the style of Leon Rosen for Pace Collection. This table has thick chromed legs
Chrome
$38,500
H 15.56 in W 41.54 in D 35.44 in
Nerone & Patuzzi for Gruppo NP2 'C10T' Coffee Table in Wood and Crystal Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Nerone & Patuzzi for Gruppo NP2, produced by Forme & Superfici, coffee table, wood, glass
Glass, Wood
$550Sale Price|65% Off
H 15.38 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
Vintage Steel and Glass Coffee Table manner of Elaine Cohen designs for DIA
By Design Institute America
Located in Miami, FL
. Post-modern steel and glass cocktail table is made in the manner of Elaine Cohen designs for DIA
Steel
Peter Shire Coffee Table
By Peter Shire
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s in great vintage condition
Metal
Florence Knoll Coffee Table with Glass Top and Chrome Base
By Florence Knoll
Located in London, England
The Florence Knoll coffee table, designed to furnish the new interiors of post-war America, is a
Chrome
$38,138 / item
H 5.12 in W 22.05 in D 7.09 in
Helle Cast Glass Fire Polished Hand Sanded Coffee Table by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
Helle Cast Glass Fire Polished Hand Sanded Coffee Table by Bowen Liu Limited Edition of 8 + 1
Other
$3,050
H 13.5 in Dm 43.75 in
Kaizo Oto Gold Black And Steel Art Deco Inspired Round Glass Top Coffee Table
By Paul Evans, Kaizo Oto
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Beautifully designed vintage 1980s steel and glass Modern coffee table by Kaizo Oto. Produced by
Steel
$2,295
H 15 in W 36 in D 36 in
Pearson Lloyd for Coalesce Modernist Frosted Glass Top and Steel Coffee Table
By Pearson Lloyd, Coalesse
Located in Germantown, MD
Pearson Lloyd for Coalesce Modernist Frosted Glass Top and Brushed Steel Coffee Table / cocktail
Steel
$1,680
H 16.75 in W 32.25 in D 32.25 in
Osvaldo Borsani T113 Steel Glass Coffee or Cocktail Table, Tecno, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast
Located in Miami, FL
Osvaldo Borsani T113 coffee or cocktail table rendered in a simple rolled steel frame with a glass
Steel
$4,085
H 15.75 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Two Tier Lucite Glass Brass Coffee Table 1970s Modernist Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in London, GB
This large, two-tiered coffee table is composed of two square sheets of bevelled, reinforced glass
Brass
$4,116Sale Price|58% Off
H 15.75 in W 27.56 in D 63 in
MICA Coffee Table Travertine & Black Marquina Marble & Glass Minimalist Design
By Meddel, Joaquín Moll
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
lightness of glass, this modern marble coffee table balances architectural geometry with luxurious materials
Stone, Crystal, Travertine, Marble
RE BAR Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
, textured base contrasts strikingly with the smooth, polished surface of the tabletop, which could be glass
Marble, Copper
Chrome and Ebonized Wood Coffee Table with Swivel Glass Top, 1990's
Located in Nantucket, MA
This table came from a decommissioned European cruise ship from the 1990's. It has an ebonized base
Chrome
$34,824 / item
H 16.74 in W 46.86 in D 23.63 in
Shape Coffee Table in Marble & Tempered Glass by MANTA Handmade Stone Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Shape Coffee Table in Marble & Tempered Glass by MANTA Handmade Stone Design Limited Edition of 5
Marble
Carl Coffee Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Carl Coffee Table by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 95 x D 45 x H 83 cm Materials: Satin brass structure
Marble, Brass
Halabala Style Czechoslovak Round Wooden And Glass Coffee Table
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Prato, Tuscany
are interested in purchasing both. This elegant round coffee table stands out for its clean and
Glass, Beech
$6,579 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 47.25 in
S Line Base Red Travertine Coffee Table with Transparent Glass Top by RAFFINATO
Located in Geneve, CH
Medusa Red Travertine Coffee Table by RAFFINATO Dimensions: Ø 120 x H 45 cm. Materials: Red
Travertine
Vintage granite coffee table, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage coffee table with a clear glass rectangular top and stepped granite stone bases. Very n
Granite
$2,392
H 13.39 in Dm 23.63 in
Coffee table in glass Birillo 7 Tarcisio Colzani, Memphis style blu white red
By Memphis Group
Located in Milano, Lombardia
an extremely unique coffee table. Designed and produced in Italy in the 1980s, following the
Metal
$8,924 / item
H 13.98 in W 53.94 in D 48.04 in
Earthy Eclipse I Glass And Oak Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
Earthy Eclipse I Glass And Oak Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka Limited Edition Of 8
Blown Glass, Oak
$12,788 / item
H 15.36 in W 54.34 in D 29.73 in
American Cherry and Glass Beating Wings Coffee Table by David Tragen
Located in Geneve, CH
American Cherry and Glass Beating Wings Coffee Table by David Tragen Dimensions: W 138 x D 75.5 x
Cherry, Walnut
$38,162 / item
H 13 in W 79.14 in D 46.07 in
Explore II Stone, Steel And Glass Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
Explore II Stone, Steel And Glass Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka Limited Edition Of
Stone, Steel
$78,956 / item
H 13 in W 72.84 in D 42.92 in
Explore I Stone, Brass And Glass Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka
By Grzegorz Majka
Located in Geneve, CH
Explore I Stone, Brass And Glass Limited Edition Coffee Table by Grzegorz Majka Limited Edition Of
Stone, Brass
$2,700
H 10.24 in W 47.25 in D 47.25 in
Paolo Piva B&B Italia Alanda 1980s Black Steel Square Glass Coffee Table sofa
By Paolo Piva
Located in London, GB
An iconic design by Paolo Piva for B&B Italia, this coffee table made in Italy around the 1980s
Metal
Oslo Coffee Table by Shou
Located in Geneve, CH
Oslo coffee table by Shou. Dimensions: W 100 x D 60 x H 42 cm. Materials: Tempered smoked glass
Leather, Glass, Wood
$25,000
H 16.5 in W 72 in D 40.5 in
Karl Springer Attr Free Form Postmodern Amoeba Coffee Table Chrome & Black Glass
By Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
a sheet of steel shaped into this table and topped with a one-of-a-kind piece of dark smoked glass
Steel, Chrome
Maison Ramsay Coffee Table Gilded Iron Glass, 1950
By Maison Ramsay
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful coffee table by Maison Ramsay is from the 1950s, and carries with it the elegant
Iron
$8,950
H 22 in Dm 33.5 in
Iron Forged Coffee Table with Cast Glass Top in Three Pieces, Germany, 1980’s
By Lothar Klute
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iron Forged Coffee Table with Cast Glass Top in Three Pieces, Germany, 1980’s H: 22 Diam. 33.5 in.
Iron
$3,116
H 11.82 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Coffee Table by Piero De Longhi Catalan Italia Travertine Glass and Brass 1980s
By Piero de Longhi
Located in London, GB
The Dielle coffee table, is a timeless piece designed in 1984 by Piero De Longhi for Catalan Italia
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Bronzo Coffee Table by Marsica Fossati
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronzo Coffee Table by Marsica Fossati Dimensions: D 70 x W 50 x H 45 cm. Materials: Bronze
Bronze
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.
Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.
Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.
If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.
Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”
Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.